Estimation of liquid water path below the melting layer in stratiform precipitation systems using radar measurements during MC3E

Tian, Jingjing; Dong, Xiquan; Xi, Baike; Williams, Christopher R.; Wu, Peng

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3743-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3743-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3743-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

Research article

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11 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 11 Jul 2019

Estimation of liquid water path below the melting layer in stratiform precipitation systems using radar measurements during MC3E

Jingjing Tian, Xiquan Dong, Baike Xi, Christopher R. Williams, and Peng Wu

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Estimation of Liquid Water Path below the Melting Layer in Stratiform Precipitation Systems using Radar Measurements during MC3E', Jingjing Tian, 25 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Reviewer's comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'Estimation of Liquid Water Path below the Melting Layer in Stratiform Precipitation Systems using Radar Measurements during MC3E', Jingjing Tian, 25 Apr 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Jingjing Tian on behalf of the Authors (26 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 May 2019) by Marcos Portabella

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (22 May 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Jun 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Jun 2019) by Marcos Portabella

AR by Jingjing Tian on behalf of the Authors (22 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Jun 2019) by Marcos Portabella

Short summary

Liquid water path (LWP) is a combination of rain liquid water path (RLWP) and cloud liquid water path (CLWP) in stratiform precipitation systems. LWP partitioning is important but poorly understood. Here we estimate the RLWP and CLWP below the melting base simultaneously and separately using ceilometer and radar measurements. Results show that the occurrence of cloud particles below the melting base is low; however, when cloud particles exist, the CLWP value is much larger than the RLWP.